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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15
An Absent. Minded Senator.

Senator Camden of West Virginia,
is probably tho most absent minded
man in public life. Not long ago Sen
ator Eustis, of louisiana, gave an elab-
| orate dinner, to which Camden was
invited, He accepted and went. A
day or so afterward he happened TO see
the invitation upon his desk. Turning
to his private secretary, he remarked
that he owed Eustis II most humble
apology for negIecting to reply, and
without delay. The secretary looked
up with an amused smile, and said
that he didn't see sany great necessity
for apotogizing, Il statement that ut
once arrested the Senator's attention.
Then the secretary quietly inquired !:
"Senator, why do you propose to apol-
ogizs to Mr.. Eustis ? Don't you re-
member that you went to his dinner
aud come home and said that you had
an elegant time?' After thinking for
u moment Camden did remember that
he had been the guest of his colleague,
and ii is perhaps unnecessary TO add
that he didn't apologize.
Another incident happened in the
Senate Chamber just before the opening
of the session. The Senator was busy
at his desk looking over his correspon-
deuce. When agentleman entered and
shook him by the hand. Camden had
u puzzled look upon his face, but he
conversed with the visitor for some
little time. When the gentleman left,
the Senator turned around and said to
Mr.. kenna, his colleague, "John, who
is that young fellow "' Kenna replied,
"GreatS Scott, Camden, that Is the young
lieutenant who is going to marry your
daughter next week." A few evenings
ago Camden thought he would go to
the theatre. AS it was raining, he bor-
rowed an umbrella from his private
secretary and marched down the street.
When ho returned his secretary was
astOnished to see him come into the
house drippin with rain and his new
silk hat all but ruined. Camden had
walked home in the storm without his
umbrella, simply because he had for
gotten that he carried one to the thea
tire. The Senator knows his weakness,
but he is apparently unable 10 cope
successfully with il.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15

but which had been selected by the
State to make up deficiency along Il
portion ot the road completed within
time, you held that inasmueh as no
forfeiture had been enforced by, or un.
der the authority OF Congress, the title
of the State to the grant remained un-
impaired,
The grant under consideration has
not been confirmed, but in view of the
above decisions, and in the absence OF
declaration of forfeiture the grant
remains unimpaired in the company,
as the guarantee Of tho State, ami
should it see fit to sell, the only cloud
upon the title would be the liability of
such of the lands as are coterminous
with the portion of the road which
was not completed within the time re-
quired to forfeiture for non-compietion
within such time.
The time fixed for the completion of
the road expired in 1856, and although
the grant in question has been repeat.
ediy reported to Congress, no action in
the matter has been taken, and, SO far
as am advised, no bill looking to
the forfeiture Of this grant is pending
before either body of Congress, at least
no such bill has been reported from
the Committee on Public Lands of
either House.
The Governor letter Is herewith re-.
turned.
Very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
{Sigued) WM. A, j. SPARKS,
Commissioner.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15
The First American Bishops.

IL was not until one hundred years
ago on the ith of next February that
there existed an American Episcopal
bishop. Upon that date there were
consecrated in the chapel OF Lambeth
palace, London, by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, assisted by the Archbishop
OF York and the Bishops of Peter.
borough and of Bath and Wells. DIR,
William White as Bishop of Pennsyl.
vaina and DR.. Samuel PROVOST as
Bishop OF New York. These consecra,
tions had only been made after long
solicitations, many Of them personal,
by Drs. White and Provost, who
had gone to England for that purpose.
They were subjected to everal months
delay aud II stipulation was made
by the Archbishop of Canterbury that
not until three Americans had been
consecraied bishops In full standing
should they be deemed competent TO
transmit the succession and TO conse-
crate other bishops for the American
field OF religion labor. This necessl-
tatcd another long delay, but at length
word was gotten to Virginia by the
slow mails of tha, day, ana that State
selected an eminent divine from It's
clergy, made up purse after many at
tempts that aggregated $3.50, and sent
him TO England TO be consecrated.
This tedious negotiation involved u
loss OF time of more than three and n
half years. Finally, in September,
1890, Rev. james Madison was conse-
Grated as Bishop of Virginia, and tho
three returned home and entered upon
their iabors. BY them WAS transmit.
ted the succession TO all our American
bishops. Through This long period Of
delay iinaily came the firm establish
ment Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America. .--jSiO, Ejnpcisco
Chronicle
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15

The ex-Empress Eugenie was seen
lately at Chiselharst by "0live Har-
per-" who thus writes 10 the New
York Mail and Express HIfer beauty
had much faded, but ii had taken on
wouanly Softnes9 born Of suffering, and
to nae, at least, IL would have been far
more attractive than any youthful
charm che had then lost. Her hair
was stu abundant, her eyes and lips
stu lovely, and that uameless grace
aud incompatible attraction WAS still
hers. The beauty Of intelligence like
hers never fades" The same CORES.
ppHdeht says that Queen Vntoria's
pictures Haster her grossly. "But am
sure / DONE want To- raise war be
tween the two countries by giving u
fair and square description of her per-
Sohal appearance
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15

The South has been "A quicscent fac
Tor in all great political movements for
years. She has become strong enough
10 stand by herself, aud energetic
enough To- step in the direction of her
material Interests. N0coW Jeleyluph,
Der.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-15

Secretary Lamar has a new Holt on
life. - Pjc0yUpic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
STOCK AND RANCH.

Severy Record: Much Of the corn is
up and ready for the culEyator. Never
In the history OF Kansas has the crop
looked more promising than at this
time.
The mad dog did considerable dam
age In Wabaunsee last week COnroW
had six head OF stock bitten-three COWS
went mad and had to be killed. Robert
Sloan and Mr.. FOy each lost g COW.
Many dogs have been killed.
Burlington NOnpareil: No fIosts so
far to interfere With the prospects for the
fruit crop, which are excellent Pear,
apricot, cherry and apple trees are indeed
a beautiful sight at the present time,
giving out sweet OdOrs that tempt the
OlfactOries. Set Kansas down for a big
fruit crop this season, and farmers bid
fair to live Cd he fat OF the land.
The grass rdcrop in Sumner county
are very fine.
Lawrence Tribune: The wheat fields
OF Douglas cOunty-Of all Kansas, for
that matter-are a grand sight to look
upon at present. The prospect for a
bountitnl crop Of this grain was never
better.
The blue grass, now over four inches
high, places Allen county IN the front
rank OF counties along the eastern part
Of Kansas CONFUSING the blue grass belt
OF the state.
Mr.. T. @. Greeve, a cattle man Of
Kiowa, reports the cattle IN that section
of the state as having come through the
winter better than for several years. Al
though the grass has beeu burnt over
on the range, 1t is coming again and the
cattle are doing we'll.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07

Henry Marion Stanley, whose real
name is ohm ROWlands, was born in
great poverty, near Denbig, Wales,
$40. From the age Of , to ID he was
brought up IN the poor house at st.
Asaphs where he received a fair educa-
ton, which enabled him, after leaving
the poor house, to act for a year as a
teacher at Mold. He then went as a
cabin boy to New Orleans, where he
attracted the attention of a merchant
named Stanley, who adopted him, but
as he died intestate, the youth received
nothing from him but his name, which
he had assumed. He then served in
the Confederate army, but, being taken
prisoner, volunteered into the United
States navy, and became a petty officer
of the ironclad Ticonderoga. After the
close of the war he travelled in Turkey
and Asia Minor, and, on his wav back.
went to st. Asaph for the purpose of
giving a dinner to the children in the
poor house where he had once been a
pauper child. On reaching America he
became connected with the newspaper
press, and, as a correspondent of the
New York Herald, accompanied the
British expedition TO Abyssinia. In
1863 he was acting as correspondent at
Madrid, when the proprietor of the
newspaper sent for him to come to
Paris. and asked If lie would undertake
to discover DR.. nlgstone, respecting
whose fate there was great anxiety.
Stanley at once accepted the task, went
to Bombay by way of Palestine and the
valley of the Euphrates, and embarked
at Bombay for Zanzibar. He collected
about 100 followers, with provisions
and stores, in May, 1871, and after a
tOilsOme and dangerous march through
almost unknown regions, succeeded in
obtaining authentic information re-
speeding the lost traveller, and at last
met with him at UUji, on Lake Tan
ganyika, IN November. He accom-
panied Livingstone on explorations
around the northern frontier of the
lake, and returned in 1872. He arrived
IN England, and stated his adventures
at the meeting OF the British Associa-
ton at Brighton. The Queen present.
ed him with gold snutf-box, set with
diamonds, and he received the gold
medal Of the Royal Geographical So
ciety. In 1884 he was commissioned bv
the prOprietOrs of the New York Her
aid and the London Daily TeLeqrdph
to continue the work of Livingstone
and explore the lake country of eIua-
torial Africa. He left the east coast in
November. at the head of 300 men, and
the difficulties he had to encounter may
be estimated by the fact that in three
months he had lost 1872 men by death
or desertiOn. He succeeded in making
most important discoveries respecting
Lake Victoria Nyanza and the adjacent
country, and was then nheard of for
nearly two years. About the end of
August, 1877, he appeared on the west
coast, at the mouth of the Congo, or
Zaire, having succeeded, after terrible
sutferings, and almost continued fight
ing with the natives, in tracing that
great river from its hitherto unknown
head waters near Lake Tanganyika, to
its mouth, and so solving the second
great geographical problem respecting
the rivers of Africa
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
Xenophon.

Xenophon was an Athenian who liv-
ed about 45O years before Christ. He
was a celebrated General, historian
and philosopher. He was a learner at
the school of Socrates, and counted as
one of his most gifted disciples. The
life and the teachings of the great phi
losOpher have been given to US by the
writings of XenophOn, and his sober
and practical style gives a good idea of
the original Quintillian, a Roman or
atOr and critic, says Of Xenophon :
-Ihe Graces dictated his language, and
the Goddess of Persuasion dwelt upon
his lips" His style Is pure and sweet,
and he seems to have been q man of ell
egant tastes and amiable disposition,
as well as extensive knowledge of the
world.
Perhaps his greatest exploit as a
General was the leading of the Greek
troops across the mountain ranges and
the plains Of Asia Minor. This was af-
ter the battle of Cunaxa, where the
younger Cyrus was defeated and slain.
Aenoph0n had joined this expedition
against the brother Of Cyrus, Artaxerx-
es Mnemon, with ten thousand Greek
troops. After the defeat many of the
Greek leaders were treacherously muir
dered In the Persian camp. The Greeks
were almost in despair. They were
two thousand miles from home, sur
rounded by enemies, and the only way
of retreat lay across mountain ranges,
deep and rapid rivers, and broad
deserts. 1t seemed as if fatigue and
starvation and the hostility Of those
whom they must encounter would ef-
fectually prevent their return to their
native land, but Nenophon reused them
from their dependency, rallied the
forces. and they began the march. 1t
was a time of great suffering, for they
had literally to fight their way. But
when they reached Grecian city, after
untold peril, it was found that of the
ten thousand led forth, eight thousand
and six hundred still remained.
During the latter part of his
life he lived at Corinth, hav-
ing been expelled from Athens.
Though the decree Of banishment was
revoked, he never returned. His lit
erarY work was mostly performed dur
ing these later years. OF all his writ
ings, his Anabasis has been pronounced
the most remarkable. 1t Is a work Civ
ing an account of the nations IN the in
terror of Asia Minor, and Of the Per
sian Empire and its government. He
died at COrinth, in his ninetieth year.
The PdHSU.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
Eamons DatsctIra-

James Jackson, tie famous state de-
tsctive, resides in Sing Sing, and is gen
orally in attendance at the prison. His
duties are to examine carefully the face
OF every convict as he enters, and to
lcrutin;zs every visitor In order to pre-
vent any discharged convict seeing his
pals. Occasionally he has to make long
Journeys in pursuit OF runaway prison
ers or toidentIfy criminals convicted in
other states. He never makes mis-
take; if once he looks a man in the eye
he will know him under any disguise,
aR he tells his man by the look Of his
eyes. Once an escaped convict had his
nose pared down one-third, but Jackson
detected him at once, notwithstanding
this remarkable change Of feature. Mr..
jackson is about feet 8 inches IN
height, about IS years old, Of a light and
sinewy build, with black hair and pierre
ing black eyes, aud is altogether remark
ably handsome. He knows about 10000
criminals, and it is simply wonderful
that he can distinguish the features Of
every one. On his long journeys he eats
very moderately and always takes one
Brandreth pill at night. When much
fatigue by the jOlting Of the cars on his
tiresOme trips he uses two AllcOck's
Porous Plasters on the small Of the back,
which give him renewed vigOr and
quickly relieve him Of all WEAKNESS.
These are the only two remedies he
uses, and he attributes his vigor and re-
marksble health to AllcOck's Porous
Plasters and Brandreth's Pills.-SiBg
Sing IN. Y. J Daily Register.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
The Patient, Suffering Women.

The world knows little of these sacri-
fees and sufferings Of women married
to unkind husbands. Men have re-
sources of torture which are rarely ex-
posed In our most sensational trials.
With the latitude allowed them they
may systematically commit Offenses
against propriety, and even decency,
without condemnation of society. They
have the business centers, the clubs,
and the theaters to which they can re-
sort; but according to those rules which
society has prescribed as almost mex
Orable the wife must remain at home.
There is no escape for her. The limit
atoms of her lot forbid diversion. Her
troubles are stifed in her bosom. She
dare not utter even one loud cry Of
brokenhAarted agony and despair.
and it must be admitted that, as a
rule, these patient martyrs bear their
fate right nObIv. The tOrtures of
jealousy. the GOODNESS, perhaps the
cruelty, the long and anxious watching
for her lord who comes not, are borne
with a meekness and suffering wbiC b
no one but woman could endure.
Yet they utter no murmur or complaint
to the world. With something stronger
and more loyal than the martial spirit
of the general who buttons his coat to
conceal the fatal shot, these noble
wives of ours are ever ready to deny
our f-ults and hide the sears we leave.
Like doves, the truest and gentlest of
birds, they close their wings over their
wounds, and it is only when the life
blood is seen dripping from their plum
age that the world learns something
of their suffering. York Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07

Mother, a little child once said,
mother, how old must 1 be before ]
can be a Christian ?"
And the wise mother answered,
How old viii YOU have to be, darling,
before you can love me2"
Why, mother, ALWAYS loved you. I
do now, and i always shall, and she
kissed her mother; ~but you have not
tod me yet how old / shall have to
be2D
The mother made answer with an
other question: @How old must you be
before you can trust yourself wholly
TO me and my carer"
7 always did. she answered, and
kissed her mother again; ~but tell me
what want TO know and she climbed
INTO her mothers lap and put her arms
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07

1t IS impossible to find anywhere out
of England more extensive and superb
proprieties de lILre, by which is meant
estates Of noble and gentle men, of
which a large area is unprOductive and
unremunerative IN an agricultural point
OF view. In mere matter of acres, Rus
STA, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary
can show far wider lands belonging to
the same owner, but a more cOnsidera-
bic proportion is given up to self-cuIti-
walton and return. The land paws for
itself and feeds its tillers Here in this
rich, prosperous, acknowledgment, gar
den-ike England, park Joins park,
woods and forests are given up to game.
boundless mOOrs are preserved for the
sportsman, ornamental grounds sur
round the noble mansions for many
acres. The dwellers in the cottages,
the villages, the outlying districts, nav,
the inhabitants of the small adjacent
towns depend, directly or Indirectly,
GU the fact of the mansion being occu-
pied When the house Is crowded with
visitors, when stables and kennels have
their full complement, when forcing
houses, cOnservatOries, and wineries are
rich IN fruit and heaped with exOtics,
when the lawns have their velvet
smoothness, then the little nation of
gardeners, keepers, helpers, grooms5
laundry, and dairy maids, and all the
old hangers-on of large establishment,
reap the little benefits which compose
the only comforts that fall to their lot
The closed castle or hall means to them
stagnatiOn, if not poverty, starvation,
perhaps finally emigration or the work
house. To see it open is the harbinger
Of the windfalls they can Ill forego.
London Cor. NelU York San.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
MECHANICAL

AT Vienna pipes are made Of paper
and designed for conveying gas and
water under ground. They are rolled
from sheets like fireworks cases,
| charged with asphalt during the roll
ing and lined with an insOluble enamel
They are only half an inch IN thickness,
and yet viii resist an internal pressure
of 1000 pounds.
A MUNICH manufacturer fOrmulates a
compound consisting chiefly Of common
salt, alum, soluble glass, and tungstate
of soda, which has been introduced
with great success in Austria and
| Switzerland for the extinction of fires,
and is now being used in Germany,
where the admiralty have recommended
it to their navy yards.
AN improved automatic steam engine
Of Erie, Pa, make claims to haVO OBJ
tanned the same results with a single
valve that it has heretofore required
from four to six valves to accomplish.
The admission, compression, and re-
lease are constant at any and all points
of cutoff from nothing up to three
fOurths, and beyond if desired.
ALEXANDER Z. TUCKER, writing to
Eng iHeeripg, says that he has sue
cesstully edged growing tools for chill
rolls by dipping the actual cutting pOr
ton IN mercury. No more of the steel
than IS actually necessary should be
dipped, as, while imparting extreme
hardness, 1t naturally makes the body
OF the tool extremely brittle
a STEAM engine that runs the electric
light system in the works of the Port
land, (de.) StOneware Company is built
on an entirely new principle. 1t has no
piston rod, and Is surprisingly compact,
the one at the pottery occupying a
space l6Zl9 inches, eighteen inches in
height, yet it does with ease the or
binary work of a ten-hOrse power en-
CINE of the old pattern. The cost OF
construction Is estimated to be about
one-third less than that of an ordinary
horizontal or upright engine.
SIR JOSEPH WENTWORTH was the first
to inaugurate a system of standard
screw threads. The form of thread,
and the number of threads per inch
which he recommended, We're based
partly on the results of numerous exc
periments and partly on the average
obtained by comparing the various
forms of screwed bolts then in use.
The WhitwOrth system has been very
generally adopted in all parts of the
civilized world except the United States.
The Seller system introduced here in
1864 has the same number Of threads
per inch. but the form of the thread is
different.
THERE are machines now made which
employ emery wheels in place of tool
to face off fatirOns and other flush sur
faces. Flatlrons faced off on one Of
these machines viii be found truer than
the majority of slide-valve faces as they
come from the manufacturers. This
result is better obtained by giving the
wheel right-angle movement to the
feed motion as it is advancing. A fiat
iron five inches long and four inches
wide can be finished in forty-five
| seconds, and It viii not be so warm but
that it can be handled. Now a tool
which can give such a result IN so short
a time is q tool of great value, and in
these days Of close competition it must
be taken advantage Of There are re-
suits obtained by an emery wheel which
cannot be obtained otherwise at any
| cost
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07
VARIETIES

! He has good judgment who does not
I rely entirely upon his own
HARDLY VIII you find anyone so bad
| but he desires the credit of being good.
THE sweetest Of all pleasures, and
one that viii never decay, Is to cherish
the heart that loves you
TIE men are mostly so tongue-tied
/ you're forced partly to guess what they
mean, as you do with the dumb Great
ures.
We are born to trouble, and We may
depend upon it whilst We live IN this
world we shall have it, though with in
/ termissions.
TIE world is a country which nobody
! ever yet knew by description; one must
! travel through it ones self to be &C
| quainted with it.
THERE are a good many real miseries
in life that we cannot help smiling at,
but they are the smiles that make
wrinkles and not dimples.
WE are at best but stewards Of what
we falsely call our OWL yet ayarice is
so Unsuitable that it Is not IN the power
Of hberality to content it.
MEMORY is a net. One finds it full
Of fish when he takes it from the brook,
but a dozen miles Of water have runs
through it without sticking.
Work in itself is not out of harmony
with healthful inclinations; and the
more wisely it is selected and pursued,
the more does it accord with them.
TRIALS are medicines which the Great
Physician prescribes because we need
them. Then let us trust in His skill
and thank Him for His prescription.
ST. PAUL to-day would be made all
things to all men, that by all means he
might save some, with the same facil-
ity of adaptation chat he exhibited /, 800
years ago.
The best name by which We can think
of God is Father. 1t is n loving, deep,
sweet, heart-touching name; for the
name of father is, in its nature, full of
inborn sweetness and comfort.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-07

about her neck.
The mother asked again: How old
will you have to be before you can
do what want you TO dog
Then the child whispered half guess
ing what her mother meant: Il can
now, without growing any older.
Then her mother said: @You can be
a Christian 7ow, my darling, without
waiting to Arow older. All you have
to do is to love and trust and try to
please the One who says, Let the little
ones come unto me- Don't you want to
begin now?"
The child whispered, Yes"
Then they both knelt down, and
the mother prayed. and in her prayer
she gave to Christ her little one who
wanted to be His.